Death by Septic Shock

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Christmas will never be the same for my children and grandchildren. They lost their father/grandfather on Christmas morning. He had become septic most probably due to pneumonia, living alone, and not getting to a doctor for treatment of what he believed was just a bad cold. He had also thought it might be covid and bought a test kit which he never used. He was found on Friday evening before Christmas. Several people who are in regular contact and had a deal to text each other daily, and if either did not hear from the other, they would make a wellness check. It was several days prior to him being found, non-responsive but still alive on Friday evening. None of them called anyone to check on him. His boss actually called the police on Friday evening after not hearing from him since Tuesday. We have only found out after his death that his friends who made this daily texting deal had not heard from him on Tuesday/Wednesday nights. Neither of them did anything to do any wellness check. We don't know if he would have survived had anyone called for help for right then like they had promised each other. I have written about this in other posts just now about making finding people you trust to make this deal with, but also on following through. I also wrote about sepsis and septic shock. I am finding more and more people who have died from this condition of blood infection since he died. He was my ex-husband. We got engaged 45 years ago on New Year's Eve. We got divorced in February 2000. But we have remained good friends ever since, mostly for our family's sake, but also because we wanted to. So in one way or another, we were connected for 45 years, and December through February were special anniversary months. We have 2 children, 11 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild together. I am going to miss him. He and I did not have that texting deal. He made it with other friends, some who lived closer, and some who didn't. But we did message each other regularly. Just not regularly enough to save lives. I don't generally write in here about personal matters. But this time, due to the life-saving things involved, I have. And also because not a lot of people understand how we managed to remain friends after the divorce. There are not many people who even care about it. So here I am. I may still not post much for awhile. But I will try to. Happy New Year to Everyone!